Jamaican fruit bat vs Tape grass

Artibeus jamaicensis compared with Vallisneria spiralis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Jamaican fruit bat	Tape grass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Hydrocharitaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Vallisneria
Species	Artibeus jamaicensis	Vallisneria spiralis

Conservation Status

Jamaican fruit bat

LC — Least Concern

Tape grass

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Jamaican fruit bat	Tape grass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Jamaican fruit bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

Tape grass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Egypt, Mauritius, South Africa), Asia (5 countries), Europe (23 countries), North America (Canada, Jamaica, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand).